Electromyography-biofeedback on the Motor Activation of the Extension of the Hand

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke, Complication
• Interventions: Device: surface electromyography-biofeedback

• Registration Number: NCT03838809
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Brief Summary

Background: Biofeedback-Surface electromyography (BIO-SEMG) is a relatively recent physiotherapy technique. Although its use is widespread in sports science and sports performance, its use for the rehabilitation of patients with neurological pathologies is less studied.

Objective: The purpose of this research was to determine the changes that occur in the application of BIO-SEMG in the muscles responsible for the extension and the dorsiflexion of the hand and the foot in subjects with cerebrovascular damage.

Design: A randomized, double-blind, two-arm parallel group study was performed.

Patients: A sample of 28 subjects with limited extension of the hand and dorsiflexion of the foot as a consequence of a stroke was randomized divided in intervention or control groups.

Methods: The subjects of the intervention group underwent 12 sessions of BIO-SEMG, of 15-minute duration each of them, in the upper and lower members. On the other hand, the control group underwent another 12 sessions of 15-minute duration, in which manual physiotherapy techniques were performed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-08-08
• Primary Completion: 2017-11-30
• Study Completion: 2018-06-01
• Status Verified: 2019-02
• Study First Submitted: 2019-02-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-02-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-02-09
• Study First Posted: 2019-02-12
• Last Update Posted: 2019-02-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with a stroke
• Limitation of the hand and foot extension

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with some contraindication against the surface electromyography biofeedback technique, for instance, people with pacemaker, with cardiovascular antecedents, etc.
• Patients receiving other physiotherapy treatment 2 months before the beginning of the study
• Patients that decline to sign the informed consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
INTERVENTION	surface electromyography-biofeedback	A group that underwent a neurological physiotherapy program with electromyography-biofeedback on the hand and the foot
CONTROL	surface electromyography-biofeedback	A group that underwent a conventional physiotheraphy intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Extension Degree	3 months	Change in the extension ability of the upper an lower members depending on the activity of the extensor muscles

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fugl Meyer Test	6 months	Severity degree of the stroke-derived consequences

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Catholic University of Murcia; 🇪🇸 Murcia, Spain